The Catholic News Agency portal reports on Bishop Stephano Lameck Musomba of Bagamoyo Diocese condemning post-election killings in Tanzania. The article states Musomba demanded legal processes for suspects rather than extrajudicial executions, declaring that “justice for everyone is the foundation of true peace” during a November 14 Mass for victims. While decrying the deaths of demonstrators and bystanders, he framed human dignity in secular terms of “rights” rather than supernatural finality, lamenting that citizens now “kill each other like animals” amid alleged thousands of fatalities.
Eclipse of the Social Kingship of Christ
Musomba’s plea for legalism (“the court determines guilt”) constitutes a modernist reduction of Catholic teaching on justice. Quas primas (Pius XI, 1925) establishes that “nations will find no peace until Christ reigns” through the submission of all legislation and governance to divine law. The bishop’s silence on Christ’s authority over Tanzania’s rulers exposes his conciliarist deformation. When he claims “justice for everyone is the foundation of true peace,” he inverts the ordo veritatis (order of truth). Peace flows not from procedural fairness but from societal conformity to the Regnum Christi (Kingdom of Christ). As Pius XI taught: “Rulers must govern with religious reverence for Christ’s authority, using power not by their own right but as representatives of the Divine King.”
Secularized Anthropology Masquerading as Catholic Doctrine
The assertion that “human dignity remains whether you have sinned or not” constitutes theological liberalism condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864). Proposition 15 anathematizes the claim that “every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which he shall consider true by the light of reason.” True dignity stems solely from sanctifying grace, not intrinsic human qualities. By stating victims should be remembered “as children of God whose lives were sacred,” Musomba implies universal divine filiation—a heresy rejected by St. Pius X in Lamentabili (1907): “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20).
Omission of Mortal Sin and Final Judgment
Nowhere does the “bishop” warn that state-sponsored murderers and rioters risk eternal damnation. This silence reflects the conciliar sect’s abandonment of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (no salvation outside the Church). Contrast this with Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis (1943): “Those who do not live in the true Church are deprived of those many heavenly gifts and helps which can only be enjoyed in the Catholic Church.” The article’s focus on earthly “rights” (medical care, free expression) ignores the ultima ratio (final reckoning) where unjust killers face divine justice.
Liturgical Abuse and Invalid Sacraments
The reported “Eucharistic celebration” holds no spiritual weight. As the Diocese of Bagamoyo was erected in 2025 under antipope Leo XIV, its sacraments follow the invalid Novus Ordo rite. Pius XII’s Sacramentum Ordinis (1947) requires valid matter, form, and intention for holy orders. The post-1968 episcopal consecrations—like Musomba’s 2021 “ordination”—lack proper form and orthodox intent, rendering them sacramentally void. Any Mass offered by such “clergy” constitutes simulation, as the Missale Romanum (1962) alone preserves the propitiatory sacrifice.
Symptomatic of Conciliar Apostasy
This episode manifests the conciliar sect’s intrinsic disorder. When “bishops” reduce the Church’s mission to human rights activism, they fulfill Paul VI’s Ecclesiam Suam (1964) vision of the Church as servant to the world. The article’s reference to Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Ruwa’ichi’s parallel condemnations proves this is systemic apostasy. True shepherds would demand Tanzania’s leaders consecrate the nation to Christ the King—not plead for secular legalism. As St. Pius X warned in Vehementer Nos (1906): “The Church cannot be separated from the State without trampling on divine law.”
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Tanzania bishop urges respect for life amid reports of thousands killed post-election (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 14.11.2025